PlayStation Store Update

We have another great lineup for you this week in the PlayStation Store, with several downloadable games and minis being released today. You’ll want to check out OUTLAND, which includes a limited-time free gift with purchase. The full game Midnight Club L.A. Complete Edition is also available for purchase and you can try it out for 60 minutes with the full game trial feature in PlayStation Plus. PlayStation Plus users get a 20% discount on the new release Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012, along with other great discounts on PSN games.

The Welcome Back customer appreciation program is still available, so check out the Welcome Back category to download PlayStation Plus (free 30-days access) and your free PS3 and PSP games. Also, as a reminder, we released Call of Duty Black Ops: Escalation late last week. It’s available for download now.

Downloadable Games

Akimi Village ($9.99)
Get swept away to a mysterious, floating island in the sky in Akimi Village, a city-building game from NinjaBee! Help the tiny Akimi build their village and spread light to free their island from the grip of the Gloom’s thick shadow. Put the cheerful villagers to work harvesting and refining resources. Unlock blueprints and piece together dozens of unique buildings! Purify the island, defeat the Gloom and build a beautiful living city!
ESRB Rated E
File size: 262 MB

Greg Hastings Paintball 2 – ($19.99)
Dive into authentic paintball action from Greg Hastings–the #1 name in the sport. Create an unstoppable team of real players, load up on revolutionary new gear and guns, and brave the unpredictable elements in 62 massive fields based on real locations around the world. This is real paintball combat, intensified with PlayStation Move motion controller support for precision hits and 7 vs 7 online play!
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 1008 MB

Midnight Club Los Angeles: Complete Edition ($19.99)
The originator of open world street racing is back and bigger than ever. Race the hottest, fully customizable real world cars and superbikes day to night across stunning real-world L.A. Midnight Club Los Angeles Complete Edition makes L.A. even bigger adding the iconic South Central area plus new vehicles, aftermarket parts, music and races including delivery missions, red-light races, and all-new battle maps for when it’s time to race online.
ESRB Rated T
File size: 5.1 GB

Outland – ($9.99)
In the middle of Balance and Chaos, now stands one man whose efforts may bridge the ancient divide, or doom the world to destruction. The award-winning studio Housemarque, maker of Super Stardust HD, has teamed up with Ubisoft to create an ambitious platformer. Each player’s adventure will take him between light and darkness and force him to adapt to an ever-changing world. SPECIAL OFFER: Free Avatar with purchase (Limited Time Offer).
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 1.17 GB

Magic The Gathering: Duels Of The Planeswalkers 2012 ($9.99)
All-new, Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 lets you face off against the AI, or gather your allies for the new multiplayer format: Archenemy, where you team up to take down a boss. Choose from among ten unique decks, which you can customize. As you progress in the game, you can enhance your deck by swapping in new, unlockable cards! Gather your allies. A challenge awaits.
ESRB Rated T
File size: 695 MB

Game Demos (free)

Outland – Demo
In the middle of Balance and Chaos, now stands one man whose efforts may bridge the ancient divide, or doom the world to destruction. Try the game from the award-winning studio Housemarque, maker of Super Stardust HD, who have teamed up with Ubisoft to create an ambitious platformer inspired by epic adventures such as the Prince of Persia series. The adventure takes you between light and darkness and forces you to adapt to an ever-changing world.
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 1.17 GB

Magic: The Gathering – Duels Of The Planeswalkers 2012 – Demo
Download the trial version of Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012, and gather your allies for the new multiplayer format: Archenemy, where you team up to take down a boss. Choose from ten unique decks that you can customize. As you progress in the game, you can enhance your deck by swapping in new, unlockable cards! Gather your allies. A challenge awaits.
ESRB Rated T
File size: 695 MB

Add-on Game Content

Alice: Madness Returns – American Mcgee’s Alice ($9.99)
Purchase American McGee’s Alice today, or download it for free as part of your Online Pass, and experience where the madness began! Play through the cult classic and relive Alice’s battle against the Queen of Hearts as she fights to regain control of her Wonderland.
File size: 946 MB

Alice: Madness Returns – Weapons And Dresses Pack ($1.99)
Return to Wonderland and battle the corruption with all new weapon upgrades as well as 6 new collectible dresses. The new fourth tier of weapons tips the scales into Alice’s favor by unlocking a whole new level of destruction.
File size: 145 KB

Record of Agarest War Zero – Daily Life Extension Pack ($1.99)
This is Record of Agarest War Zero DLC. A battle across generations, with the fate of an entire planet at stake.
File size: 130 KB

Record of Agarest War Zero – Extra Dungeon 1 (free)
This is Record of Agarest War Zero DLC. A battle across generations, with the fate of an entire planet at stake.
File size: 130 KB

Record of Agarest War Zero – No Underestimated Pack ($1.99)
This is Record of Agarest War Zero DLC. A battle across generations, with the fate of an entire planet at stake.
File size: 130 KB

Record of Agarest War Zero – Point Addition Pack 1 (free)
This is Record of Agarest War Zero DLC. A battle across generations, with the fate of an entire planet at stake.
File size: 130 KB

Record of Agarest War Zero – Shriveled Chicken Pack (free)
This is Record of Agarest War Zero DLC. A battle across generations, with the fate of an entire planet at stake.
File size: 130 KB

Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate Of Two Worlds – Shadow Battle 09 ($0.99)
The 9th installment of Shadow Battle allows you to fight special and unique AI opponents, and win new titles to boot! Do you have what it takes to take on these one-of-a-kind fighters in a match of MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3!?
File size: 264 KB

Yoostar 2: I Don’t Like Your Jerk-Off Face ($1.99)
The Big Lebowski – Life just keeps getting worse for The Dude, drugged while tracking the ransom money for the Big Lebowski’s porn-star wife and left to wander the wild streets of Malibu.
File size: 152 MB

Yoostar 2: Sow Royal Oats ($1.99)
Coming To America – Prince Akeem has met his beautiful bride-to-be, but is restless. In a private moment with his father, he admits he wants to see the world beyond the kingdom of Zamunda.
File size: 119 MB

Yoostar 2: You’re A Good Listener ($1.99)
ROLE 1: Celia Hodes (Elizabeth Perkins) ROLE 2: Helen Chin (Michelle Krusiec). Only in the twisted world of “Weeds” would the wife invite the mistress out for drinks.
File size: 135 MB

Yoostar 2: American Flag (free)
Let freedom ring as you stand before Old Glory, rippling in a gentle breeze.
File size: 78 MB

Yoostar 2: French Flag (free)
Stand proudly before the “drapeau tricolore” that was inspired by the cockade of blue, white and red worn at the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution.
File size: 75 MB

Yoostar 2: Italian Flag (free)
Let the bold “il Tricolore” – with its band of green for Italy’s lush plains and rolling hills, white for its snow-capped Alps and red for the blood spilled by patriots in the Wars of Italian Independence – inspire your speech.
File size: 77 MB

Yoostar 2: UK Flag (free)
Stand before the bold hues of blue, white and red of the honorable Union Jack, the noble flag of the United Kingdom, while Yoo deliver your address.
File size: 78 MB

Yoostar 2: German Flag (free)
Deliver your message before the powerful “Bundesflagge,” Germany’s tricolor flag of black, red and gold bands and the symbol of a united and democratic nation
File size: 76 MB

ModNation Racers – Big City Theme and Career Extention ($9.99)
The Big City Theme and Career Extention brings a whole new tour to your ModNation Racers career. Complete with five new tracks, seven new trophies, new tokens to collect, and over a hundred new items to unlock, race, and create with, the Big City Theme and Career Extension adds a whole new urban branch to ModNation Racers. Take it to the Big City streets, and keep the pedal to the metal!
File size: 100 KB

Rock Band 3
Build your Rock Band library by purchasing these song game tracks. For song credits, visit www.RockBand.com.

“I Alone” – Live ($1.99)

“Lightning Crashes” – Live ($1.99)

“Take On Me” – A-Ha ($1.99)

“Tubthumping” – Chumbawamba ($1.99)

“Unholy Confessions” – Avenged Sevenfold ($1.99)

“Welcome To The Family” – Avenged Sevenfold ($1.99)

File size: 19 MB – 33 MB

Rock Band Network v2.0

“Airbrushed” – Anamanaguchi ($1.99)

“Fight For Greatness” – Bloom ($0.99)

“Lost Soul” – Amberian Dawn ($1.99)

“Spaghetti Cat (I Weep For You)” – Parry Gripp ($0.99)

“You Will Leave a Mark” – A Silent Film (1.99)

File size: 6.46 MB – 34 MB (singles)

Bundles

echochrome ii – Music + Game Bundle ($14.99)
In celebration of them music from echochrome ii, being accepted into the Guinness Book of World Records, we have a special offer featuring both the game and the musical score for a limited time at $14.99. echochrome ii introduces a new take on the puzzle genre that lets players use their imagination to solve puzzles by controlling light and shadows!
ESRB Rated: E
File size: 597 MB

It’s terrible that they’ve advertised the $2.50 price for Braid all week and then fail to actually offer that price.
Same thing happened with Red Johnson’s Chronicles. It was supposed to be $6.50 (and was the day before PSN went down) and then they shot up the price when PSN returned and figured no one would notice. I’ve reversed my stance on Sony. They deserve the treatment they get from hackers.

I see Angry Birds is still MIA. Not that I’m complaining (good riddance to rubbish overpriced ports). Just find it interesting the “best selling” PSN game can disappear without so much as a throwaway reason being given.

Where’s Gatlin Gears? Duke Demo? Man, c’mon Sony, Gatlin Gears has been out for over a month on 360…..
What happened to “updates throughout the weeks” to catch up with all the missed weeks of releases???

According to the April 13 “Coming to PlayStation Plus” post, when Outland was originally scheduled for release on April 26 (before the PSN outage occurred), there was supposed to be a $2.00 “day one” discount for PlayStation Plus members. Unfortunately, I can find no announcement of such a discount today. Is the discount in effect, or has it been canceled?

Where is the E3 trailer for Overstrike as a video download? I realize that Sony may be ticked about Insomniac going multiplatform, but I’d still like to see some Sony support for it. Given all of the other great trailers, the lack of an Overstrike trailer seems a suspicious glaring omission.